Tire Bite Golden Ale | Flying Dog Brewery

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A pretty darn average beer here,pours a clear yellow with a thin wispy head but not much there,aroma is very grainy like cereal with a touch of sweet fruit.Taste is big and toasty up front but then nothing and as I drank more the toasted flavor faded leaving nothing much just a little grass note but not much.It well with a light pizza and didnt offend me but not much there.

Tastes great! Light sugary sweetness makes a very mellow transition into a restrained hop fruitiness. Might be a little sweet for some, but this one of flying dog's better brews and a good, smooth drinkin' golden thats not too wimpy. Crisp and refreshing. Mouthfeel is a little on the thick side for this style, but I like that it has a bit of body to it

S: Moderate pale malts with very light hops, just a hint of yeast. Nothing spectacular here, in fact, it's just short of... average.

T&M: Taste is much like it smells. It strikes me to be much like any other macro lager that can be pulled of the shelf at any supermarket. The mouthfeel is light, a bit watery. Finish is just as light and watery with no real linger. Again, very average.

D: Thin in body and taste, moderate carbonation. Boring. This isn't anything I will go out of my way for.

12oz bottle, bought at Gary's in Portsmouth, NH. I enjoyed Flying Dog's IPA, but this was a little disappointing. It was a golden yellow color with a medium white head. It had a grassy, vaguely floral aroma. Not much taste. A little sweet, some faint hops. As others have said, this is probably a pretty good session beer, but there's better ones to be had.

Taste: Smooth, creamy, light and refreshing on the palate. Malt presence is mild, not sweet at all, and lends more to the body of the beer. Hops are herbally, with a very watery lemon flavour. Thin fruitiness, hints of apple skin. Goes crisp, grainy and then dry ... straight into the finish, which thins out and contains a background bready flavour.

Notes: Not too fond of this beer. In fact, it's a close to poor excuse for a Kölsch, mediocre at best. "Why?" comes to mind as I look at all of the other selections on the beer shelves ... and that's not good at all.

Pours an extremely clear, straw golden color with a decent foamy head which retains well. Smells of cereal grains, light, grassy hops...almost like a budweiser. Tastes like a budweiser too but with a lot better mouthfeel and body. Some yeasty notes and maybe a slight lemon zest is noticeable. Not much else to speak of. Pretty boring in my opinion. I'd grab a Narragansett.

A - One-finger head of white, loose foam that falls quickly to an even film across the surface. Color is yellow/gold and clear. Streams of bubbles flow from the center of the bottom of the glass like a sparkling wine in a champagne flute.

S - Lemon, wheat, dry grass. Touch of floral hops.

T - Like a light, sour lemon waffer with a drop of honey. Just a hint of hops on the finish.

D - A decent alternative to a glass of white wine. Light and refreshing. A simple beer for those wanting an unaggressive, straightforward beer. This strikes me as a good summer party beer that would be accepted by many.

Taste & Mouthfeel: Puckering, dry and lightly pungently crisp. Lots of grain, bland grain at that. Hop bitterness stays in tune with the meek maltiness. Touch of diacetyl in the end with more graininess.

Notes: Lack in any creative character, drinkable but uninspiring. Not horrible but I would not buy it again.

Flying Dog Brewery evokes many fond memories, and I love their label art. I'm still hoping to find one of their brews that I can give some high marks. It's not this one. This pours a clear, pale, yellow color with a short white head that disappears in seconds, leaving only a few bubbles around the collar. Aroma is subdued, with some grain and faint herbal hops. Mouthfeel is light bodied, with medium carbonation. Taste is of light malt and some graininess. Hops seem invisible here, but must be present, as this is not overly sweet. This brings to mind the taste of a macro pale lager, which is not good. This is easily drinkable, I suppose, but so is Miller Lite.
I love the history of this brewry, and the Hunter S. Thompson connection is intriquing. I think they need to jerk their dogs around, and move in a new direction in order to get some character and flavor in their offerings. They can do better than this feeble attempt at a Kolsch.

This has gotta be the lightest of the Flying Dog "Liter of beers", 12 ouncer sampled. Pours light straw, slight white head, with no retention, minimal lacing. Nose is light malt and maybe a bit of flowery perfume. This is fairly bitter and semi crisp take on the style. Notes of juniper and rye. Clean in the finish, with more drying and crisp hops evident. I'm suprised by the very low marks for this one. I found it to be pleasant, light, crisp, and fine for warm weather consumption. Nothing great but, give it a try.

The beer pours a yellow color with a white head. The aroma is a mix of corn, grain and sweet malt. The flavor is more of the same. I get a lot of sweet malt, grain and some grassy hops. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

Poured into a kolsch glass , a pure , clear gold color with a steady rising carbonation , small white head. Aroma is of full pale and slightly sweet malt , hint of mint leaf and cookie dough and some buttery diactyl. The taste is clean but pleasantly malty , some light hop bite provides just enough bitterness to balance. I found this to be a very easy drinking beer. Goes down super quick , its just a little too quiet and middle of the road. Enjoyable none the less.

How does this beer ever crack the "C" level, let alne get a "C+"? This beer is nothing more than an overpriced light beer. Fizzy yellow water. No aroma to speak of, literally smells like tap water with a bunch of minerals in it, like here in San Diego. Bland, grainy taste, again with no hops. Total waste of time and money.

Tire Bite has a weak, slightly yeasty nose with hints of lemon and orange, as well as lightly toasted grains. Some sugary esters float upwards as well, but overall the nose smells flat and slightly skunky (as it did in the other bottles of Tire Bite).

On the tongue the brew does have a decent fruit and citrus swirl, with apricots and oranges gently bouncing on top of a Grape Nuts cereal-like base. Hops slide in shortly afterward, bringing a mild grapefruit buzz (16.5 IBU). The larger part of the taste is grain, however, and not even sugary grain; more like wet wheat. The aftertaste is a combination of wheat and hops that fades extremely quickly. Mouthfeel is quite light--close to water--and carbonation is set slightly north of medium.

Overall, while there are good flavors in here, this is a rather weak beverage, and surprisingly substandard for Flying Dog, whose beers are normally bursting with pizazz. I'd recommend their Doggie Style instead, if you're looking for a light summery ale.